Who should fill President Barack Obama's cabinet for his second term? Columnist David Kolb started the debate in his column, "Start with Susan Rice for Secretary of State," by suggesting U.N. ambassador Susan Rice should replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

That idea has generated much controversy in Washington, D.C. After a weeklong standoff with GOP senators, who indicated they would fight her nomination, Rice withdrew from consideration.

So, Kolb loses out on that one. Check out his suggestions for four other positions.

U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 28, 2012, with Sen. Susan Collins, R- Maine, and Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., about the Benghazi terrorist attack. Our columnist would like to see Rice appointed to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.AP FILE PHOTO

Kolb wrote:

The tea party was invaluable in foisting losers like Indiana’s
Richard Mourdock (who argued that rape can be a gift from God) and
Missouri’s Todd Akin (“If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has
ways to shut that whole thing down”) as their choices for the U.S.
Senate.

Alas, the noxiousness of such ideology ensured that the
Senate, the legislative body that under the Constitution bears the
responsibility for confirming presidential nominees, remains in
Democratic hands.

More than that, the Dems added extra seats to
their majority in November and successfully defended all its at-risk
candidates (including Michigan’s star progressive Debbie Stabenow).

And
if Democrats do the right thing in fixing its broken filibuster rule,
which the Senate is allowed to do at the beginning of each new Congress
by a simple majority vote, the standard Republican strategy of rampant
obstructionism will be relegated to petty harassment.

So it’s pretty much a given that it will be clear sailing for Obama’s cabinet nominees.

Rice for Sec of State? Yeah, just what we need. Another mindless drone, accepting all info, as genuine and uncensored. That
ought to work well, along with a President, who approves killing the
wives, children, friends, and neighbors of Al Qaeda "suspects", with
drone attacks. We are killing innocent people, just like the people, we say are our enemies. When is someone going to start policing our terrorists?

Why
would you want to put Barney Frank as treasury secretary, Dave. He, as
Representative Frank and chairman of the House Finance committee, told
the nation that there was nothing to fear about housing collapsing and
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were in fine shape. This happened in the
summer of 2008. And you want him as head of the Treasury?

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